Fisher-Value’s Pocket Rockers, a private stereo model that was widespread amongst elementary school-aged kids within the late Nineteen Eighties, performed a singular sort of miniature cassette tape that was unique to Fisher-Value. Jason Scott, archivist at Web Archive, created a group of Fisher-Value Pocket Rockers songs. He writes:
Pocket Rockers was a model of non-public stereo produced by Fisher-Value within the late Nineteen Eighties, aimed toward elementary school-age kids. They performed a proprietary number of miniature cassette (showing to be a smaller model of the 8-track tape) which was launched solely by Fisher-Value themselves. Designed to be as a lot of a style accent as a music participant, the gadgets have been sufficient of a youth craze to even be banned in some colleges for a quick interval. Housed in a wide range of fashionable, translucent colours, every tape had two songs in mono which might be clipped to clothes to showcase one’s musical style. Tapes have been obtainable from a number of pop stars, together with Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Tiffany, or Debbie Gibson and even rock stars like Bon Jovi or The Bangles. The commercials featured an unique theme music which was a parody of “Down on the Nook” by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Along with normal blue on black and pink on black colour schemes, 3 variations of Pocket Rockers have been launched using Memphis Milano (a preferred and up to date design type on the time). A collectors set was launched that includes one such design, and a deluxe system was additionally launched which included audio system and a show stand with an amplifier. Different official Pocket Rockers branded equipment included bracelets, a bandana, a large number of tape storage choices (instances, frames, and clips), mini tape clip-ons, a carrying case, a handbag, and headphones. Following a pointy decline in gross sales, the Pocket Rockers line was discontinued in 1991 till in the end being faraway from Fisher-Value’s toy catalog in 1992. At the moment, the participant and cassettes are wanted by collectors for his or her distinctive novelty and design.
Here is a Pocket Rockers of musicians making an attempt to sound like The Bangles doing “Stroll Like An Egyptian” and “Manic Monday”:
“A number of the Pocket Rockers offered songs recorded by nameless studio musicians as an alternative of the unique artists resulting from license points. That is an instance of that.”
